Railway-tie.



No. 761,249. PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

' W. PAYNE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIATION FILED DEO. 23, 1 903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT CEEICE.

WALLACE PAYNE, OF KCSOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY.

RAILWAY-TIEl SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 761,249, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed December 23, 1903. Serial No. 186,4;00. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kosoma, in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway-ties, and more particularly to the means for securing the rails thereto, the object of the invention being to provide a construction wherein the use of spikes will be dispensed with, so that the ties will not be injured by driving spikes thereinto.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction which will hold the rails securely against movement toward and away from each other and which, furthermore, will permit of easy lateral adjustment of the rails to give correct position thereto.

In the drawings forming a portion of "this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a pair of ties and rails secured thereto, the securing means embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken transversely through the rails, the rail-holding means being shown in elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, it will be noted that the ties 5 are arranged in pairs, two pairs of these ties being illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In connection with each pair of ties 5 there are employed two angleplates 6 and 7 whichare disposed each with one side against the ends of the ties and the other side against the bottom faces of the ties. Through the vertical sides of the angle-plates are alining perforations 8, through which are engaged hook-bolts 9 and 10, the hooks of said bolts lying between the ties, While the threaded extremities of the stems are passed outwardly through said perforations and have engaged therewith nuts 11 and 12, respectively.

A chair is provided and consists of a metal bar 13, having hooks 14 and 15 at its ends, which are engaged with the hooks of the hookbolts, said bar between its terminal hooks eX- tending slightly above the upper faces of the ties 5 and having formed transversely of its upper face the dovetailed seats 14 and 15, which are spaced longitudinally of the ties and in which are fitted the base-flanges 16 and 17 of the rails 18 and 19, said rails resting also upon the upper faces of the ties 5, as illustrated. The bar 13 serves to hold the rails securely against movement toward and away from each other, and when the nuts are screwed up tight on the hook-bolts, so that the angleplates are drawn closely against the ends of the ties, the rails are held securely against movement longitudinally of the ties.

When it is desired to shift the rails longitudinally of the ties, as in straightening the track, it is only necessary to loosen the nut on one of the hook-bolts and tighten up the nut on the other hook-bolt, which will serve to shift the chair, and therewith the rails, longitudinally of the ties.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made, and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination with spaced members, of angle-plates disposed against the ends and under sides of said members, a chair disposed between the members in position to receive rails resting upon the members, and clamping means between the chair and the angleplates.

2. The combination with spaced members, of an angle-plate at each end thereof disposed each with one side against the adjacent ends of the members and the other side against the under faces of the latter, a chair disposed between the members and having seats arranged to receive rails disposed upon said members, and bolts connected to the chair and passed through the angle-plates respectively, said bolts having nuts engaged with the outerl ends thereof and arranged to impinge against the outer faces of the angle-plates.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALLACE PAYNE.

Witnesses:

C. E. WALKER, J. T. HILL. 

